Wern Quarry
Wern Quarry is a quarry in Tawe-Uchaf, Powys, Wales. Wern Quarry is situated nearby to the cave Ogof y nos hir, Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (OFD) top entrance, as well as near the protected area Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carreg Cadno and Dan yr Ogof.
Carreg Cadno
Peak
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carreg Cadno is a hill five miles northeast of Abercraf in the county of Powys, south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark.
Dan yr Ogof
Cave
Photo: Sloman, Public domain.
Dan yr Ogof, at the National Showcaves Centre for Wales, is a 17-kilometre long cave system in south Wales, about 5 miles north of Ystradgynlais and 15 miles southwest of Brecon, in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Dan yr Ogof is situated 1½ miles west of Wern Quarry.
Fan Gyhirych
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Fan Gyhirych is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr section of Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. It lies within the county of Breconshire, and administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys. Fan Gyhirych is situated 2 miles northeast of Wern Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penwyllt and Pen y Cae.
Penwyllt
Hamlet
Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penwyllt is a hamlet located in the upper Swansea Valley in Powys, Wales, lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park. A former quarrying village, quicklime and silica brick production centre, its fortunes rose and fell as a result of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales.
Pen y Cae
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-cae is a village in Powys, Wales in the Brecon Beacons National Park between Abercraf and Craig-y-Nos Castle, in the community of Tawe-Uchaf. The village is mostly a linear settlement along the A4067 which runs approximately parallel to the River Tawe.
Coelbren
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coelbren is a small rural village within the community of Tawe Uchaf in southernmost Powys, Wales. It lies on the very northern edge of the South Wales Coalfield some six miles north-east of Ystradgynlais and just outside the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Coelbren is situated 3 miles south of Wern Quarry.
Wern Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Tawe-Uchaf, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83146° or 51° 49′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.65017° or 3° 39′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C3RR8JX+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 486475598OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Wern Quarry” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Chwarel Wern”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ogof y nos hir, Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (OFD) top entrance and Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve.
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